I hit on a wide variety of fish after work last night at a local resevoir (yes Adrain, that resevoir). The action was fairly consistent despite wind early on, and several members of six different species came into the boat:
Largemouth bass
Yellow perch
Pumpkinseed
Bluegill
Pickeral
Black crappie
The fly that did the most damage was a tiny (size 6) 2" long baby bass clouser. There were several times that I felt like a tournament bass fisherman, simply roll casting 10-15 feet beside cover and having fish hit the fly on a slow drop. Once the wind settled down I switched to topwater. Several chunky bluegills and a few 2lb bass liked what I was throwing, which was simply a scaled down version of Popovics' Banger in yellow.
All fish were caught on my recently acquired 5wt Scott rod. What a sweet action that baby has.....
Gonna have to fish that resevoir's twin to the north real soon.
Largemouth bass
Yellow perch
Pumpkinseed
Bluegill
Pickeral
Black crappie
The fly that did the most damage was a tiny (size 6) 2" long baby bass clouser. There were several times that I felt like a tournament bass fisherman, simply roll casting 10-15 feet beside cover and having fish hit the fly on a slow drop. Once the wind settled down I switched to topwater. Several chunky bluegills and a few 2lb bass liked what I was throwing, which was simply a scaled down version of Popovics' Banger in yellow.
All fish were caught on my recently acquired 5wt Scott rod. What a sweet action that baby has.....
Gonna have to fish that resevoir's twin to the north real soon.